Chapter 67: Received the filth of the country, for the sake of the ruler of the society
Li Laiheng met Miao Lichen and Lin Chengcheng in a small village south of Hehedian. Lin Chengcheng was one step ahead of Li Laiheng and led his Lin battalion, which replaced shotguns with cannons, to go north to meet Miao Biao first. They were at Tongbai Mountain
They gathered at the southern foot of the mountain and repelled the pursuit of a partial division of the left army, thus ensuring the safety of the remaining soldiers.
Miao Lichen, a taciturn and honest man, looked ashamed in front of Li Laiheng. His clothes and armor were messy and he was injured, but as soon as he saw the handsome young tiger, he hurriedly knelt on the ground, kowtowed hard, and said with sorrow:
"The soldiers and people of Zaoyang... all blame me. It is all my incompetence that led to this defeat. The soldiers and people of Zaoyang were massacred by left thieves again. I don't know how many people died. In the past few days, I can close my eyes and see the people who died unjustly.
Come and demand your life from me."
Lin Chengcheng was not a direct descendant of the Chuang Army. Although he had shown enough loyalty to Li Laiheng, he was not suitable to speak on such an occasion, so he had to stand aside awkwardly, muttering in a low voice, "The Commander-in-Chief makes the decision."
Li Laiheng shook his head. He also looked sad. He had already learned the news about the Zuo army massacring the people of Zaoyang in order to seize the ship. How could he not feel a little guilty?
After all, fighting in Suizhou was Li Laiheng's final plan. And fighting in Suizhou would inevitably give up Zaoyang!
Given the military discipline of the Zuo Army, when Li Laiheng followed Gu Junen's suggestion and abandoned Zaoyang, it was equivalent to giving up the right to survival of the people of Zaoyang.
If I don't kill Boren, Boren will die because of me.
Although Zaoyang's failure to organize the evacuation of soldiers and civilians in time was also a mistake, Miao Lichen only had one standard infantryman. How could he resist tens of thousands of leftist soldiers? How could he bear the responsibility for the massacre of the people of Zaoyang?
These responsibilities should have been borne by Li Laiheng.
If you accept the country's filth, you are the master of the country; if you accept the country's misfortune, you are the king of the world.
Taking responsibility is a moral character that rulers must have. If you give up taking responsibility for failure, you will not be worthy of the fruits of success. Li Laiheng thought of Chongzhen, could he be the kind of person who does not take responsibility? The kind of person who does not take responsibility, and
How can one gain a foothold in the army?
"General Miao, hurry up. I am solely responsible for the fall of Zaoyang." Li Laiheng sighed, "I only thought about how to lure the enemy deeper and abandon Zaoyang, but I never thought about how to protect the people.
An Ning. In the past, the rebels relied solely on the help of the common people to survive the difficult years. How much better has the situation gotten now? I forgot about the soldiers and the people!"
The young tiger commander slapped him across the face, and all the generals were startled. Zhang Pili quickly grabbed Li Laiheng's right hand and persuaded him:
"Commander Jie, we didn't expect Zuo Bing to arrive so quickly, and neither did Mr. Leshan and Mr. Gu. Mistakes will inevitably happen on the battlefield. Victory or defeat is a common thing for military strategists. This is what Commander Jie taught me, right?"
The trap is the responsibility of all of us, how can it be blamed on just one person?"
Li Laiheng closed his eyes, patted his cheeks with both hands, and said slowly:
"Needless to say, I am responsible for the fall of Zaoyang and the massacre of the people. After this battle, even if I win, I will write to the Generalissimo and ask the Generalissimo to deal with my improper use of troops."
Along with Li Laiheng, who led the special forces, in addition to the personal soldier Zhang Pifu and the artillery commander Li Shiwei, there were mainly three cavalry generals, Hao Yaoqi, Ma Bao, and Ai Zhuo. Among the three of them, most of them were among the official army.
Ma Bao was the most cunning of all the people he had ever seen. He saw the opportunity and advised:
"Commander Jie, for the sake of the overall situation, you have to give up the small situation! You can't catch the wolf if you don't want to let go of the rabbit. In order to put the left thief to death, we have to wrong the people of Zaoyang."
This strategy was proposed by Gu Junen. He never found a chance to speak. At this time, after hearing Ma Bao's speech, he quickly spoke up:
"General Ma is right. Those who fight for the world are most afraid of women's benevolence. In the Spring and Autumn Period, Song Xianggong talked about benevolence and righteousness in front of the two armies. As a result, they suffered a huge defeat and became the laughing stock of future generations. There is really no need for Commander Ji to blame himself too much.
, You must know that soldiers are deadly weapons. How can you hope that no one will die in a war?"
Fang Yiren on the side coughed twice at this time. He was the one who understood Li Laiheng's thoughts best among the soldiers. There was absolutely no one. When Li Laiheng opened his mouth, Fang Yiren could understand his full intention, not to mention that he had already treated Gu Junen.
Feeling disgusted, he said:
"The so-called 'women's benevolence' is Han Xin's evaluation of Xiang Yu. He is talking about Xiang Yu. When others are sick, he will shed tears and give food and drinks to show concern. But when others have made great contributions and deserve to be knighted, he will
And I couldn't bear to part with it. Han Xin said, this is called 'women's benevolence'. This matter has nothing to do with Song Xianggong. Brother Gu is very knowledgeable, so I might have mistakenly remembered the two and confused them."
Gu Junen blushed a little and said:
"I just wanted to talk about Song Xianggong, but he misused the term 'women's benevolence'. Thank you for your advice! Thank you for your advice!"
Fang Yiren then talked eloquently:
"The foolishness of Duke Xianggong of the Song Dynasty, just as Brother Gu said, was that he showed kindness to powerful enemies without knowing the tricks of war. But if the objects of kindness shown were not the enemy troops but our own people, then it is a different matter.
Even if you are unable to do what you want and things go against your wishes, it should not be regarded as stupid. For example, when Liu Bei went from Fancheng to Jiangling, he followed more than 100,000 people and traveled only more than ten miles a day. Later, Cao Wei pursued his troops, but Liu Bei couldn't bear to leave the people behind and went ahead in Dangyang.
He was overtaken by Cao's army and suffered heavy losses. However, when historians discussed this matter, no one thought Liu Bei was stupid. Instead, they praised him for "despite the dangers and dangers, his benevolence and righteousness became clearer, and he was not unjust even when the situation was pressing", and praised his actions.
The benevolent object is the common people!"
Fang Yiren's words did not mention Zaoyang, but the meaning was very clear. Gu Junen's face was slightly red, and he did not dare to refute Fang Yiren, a veteran secretary.
Li Laiheng nodded. He took out the tiger-headed knife from his waist, cut off the bottom of his clothes, and asked Fang Yiren to use local materials to write a letter of apology to the generalissimo. The content of the letter was that Li Laiheng was in a panic when he used his troops.
Unexpectedly, the Zuo army raided Zaoyang, resulting in the city being captured and the army defeated, and the people were massacred.
Ma Bao felt that it was commonplace for Li Zicheng to use mobile warfare tactics in Henan, abandoning several cities and some friendly people to join the army, so he couldn't help but retort:
"Commander Jie, I am not blabbering. When the generalissimo uses troops in Henan, can he guarantee that every prefecture and county he captures will be safe? Isn't it the case that when the army is heavily assembled, it still has to be withdrawn?
What's more, Zaoyang was originally captured by Jieshuai, so why not throw it away temporarily? It can be recovered in the future. It is said that Zaoyang is just a small county. Jieshuai conquered the two prefectures and made such a great contribution. I wrote to you.
It is very unnecessary for the marshal to ask for punishment."
"Since we claim to be fighting for a few common people, we naturally have to put the common people first. How can we not care just because Zaoyang is a small county?"
Li Laiheng put his sword back into its sheath and stopped explaining too much to others. He and Fang Yiren looked at each other and understood clearly. This performance was to win the favor of the local Chu recruits;
To share responsibilities for Miao Lichen, he wanted to serve him to death; thirdly, he deliberately left one or two insignificant problems to Li Zicheng and let him deal with them, so as to prevent the generalissimo from having any other thoughts about him.
Of course, the fourth point is that it is also very important to establish the banner of "promoting benevolence and righteousness" and use the political declaration of "suppressing troops and calming the people" to win the hearts and minds of the court.
Gu Junen understands the strategy of using troops and has some strategic vision of the overall situation. However, in aspects other than military affairs and involving more complex people's hearts, his performance is far inferior to Fang Yiren.
Miao Lichen was deeply moved by Li Laiheng's initiative to take responsibility for the defeat of Zaoyang. He was just a miner from Henan, and he was just an insignificant little leader under Yu Dazhong in Pingfeng Village. It was Li Laiheng who brought him down.
He was promoted to the position of a mighty infantry general.
The general also shouted, his status became higher, and he had more and more soldiers under his command. However, once something went wrong, Li Laiheng actually took the initiative to help him bear the responsibility for the failure. With such a commander-in-chief, Miao Lichen had secretly made up his mind.
Determined, no matter who the enemy is, as long as the Commander-in-Chief's banner points to him, he will not care about his life and will do his best to defeat the enemy for Commander-in-Chief.
"Jie Shuai... I can't speak, so I really don't know what to say... Although Zaoyang is defeated, with Lin Shuai's support, we won't lose much, and we can still have another fight with Zuo Liangyu!"
"Excellent!" Li Laiheng praised in approval, "I only brought the cavalry and gunmen. The infantry are all on Gonghe and Xiongli's side, and the artillery is all in Suizhou. You and Lin Shuai's infantry can just make up for our shortcomings.
With such a powerful force of no less than 10,000 people, it would be difficult for Zuo Liangyu to die if he stabbed him in the side."
Li Laiheng then ordered Fang Yiren and Li Shiwei to arrange for the rest of the troops and horses. After the army had finished eating, they were ready to cut into the rear flank of the Zuo army and surround Zuo Liangyu with Gao Yigong.
"I wonder where Yigong and Xiongli have gone? They have to cross the Great Hong Mountain, and it won't be easy or fast. Let the brothers finish the meal and conserve their strength. The next battle will be determined by half